Marking device



Aug- 28, 3945- s. A. HAMNETT 2,383,646

' MARKING DEVICE Filed March' 28, 1944 l a* E55 42 10 26 2433 20 I9 6 I7 2I 22 I 27 30 29 28 2 323I-25 I4 IB. I3

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.AfzQlM/VETT ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 28, 1945 UNiTED vSTATE OFFICE MARKING DEVICE Samuel A. Hamnett, Los Angeles, Calif.; Aurora l Christina Hamnett executrix of said Samuel A.

Hamnett,` deceased Application March 28, 1944, Serial No. 528,429

(Cl. i-17) 6 Claims.

. a novel type holder for a marking device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a type holder including a novel slide member for holding the type in place.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a marking device including a slidable type holder and including a novel means permitting the type holder to be assembled and manipulated to secure and remove type therefrom.

Other objects and advantages ofthe invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. l is an isometric View, with parts broken away, showing my new marking device;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal,`fragmentary, central sectional view showing the device;

Fig. 43 is a transverseV section taken online 3 3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section taken on line III- 4, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the type holding member moved to outward position, and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. of the type members in position.

Referring'to the drawing by reference characters, I have shown my invention as embodied in a marking device which is indicated generally7 at lll. As shown the device includes a handle II and a type holding device I2.

The handle is provided with a chamber I3 which has side walls Ill, an inner end wall I5 and a top wall I 6. 'The Ibottom and the outer end of the chamber are open.

The wall I6 of the chamber is provided with a plane inner face II. Opposed grooves I8 are disposed in the side walls Ill. The. top wall I6 of the chamber is provided with an elongated 5 showing one slot I9 which has arcuate ends 20 and 2|. Thetop wall is provided with a countersunk circular recess 22 which intersects the end'ZI and the slot I9.

The type holding device I2 has peripheral beads 23 which t in the grooves I9 in the side walls I4 of the holder. The type holder is provided with a cylindrical hole 24 which has a bottom wall 25. The type holder is also provided with a ,pocket 25 which is defined by side walls 2l and and end wall 28 with semi-cylindrical notches 29 at the juncture of the side walls 2l and the end wall 28. The type holder further includes a transverse rib 31B.

The type holder is of a size to slide into the chamber in the handle and in assembly a hold- .ing pin SI is arranged in the hole 2d. This1 pin 3l has a cylindrical lower portion 52 slidable in the hole 24 and has a reduced upwardly ein tending portion 33 which is of slightly less diameter than the width of the slot 2d. The member 3l includes a bottom recess 3ft in which a spring 35 is iitted.

In assembly the member 3| is inserted in the hole 2li and is normally urged outwardly by the spring 35. The thickness of the wall 25 plus the overall height of the member 3l is slightly less than the depth of the chamber I3 so that when the pin is fully depressed it will pass beneath the inner face of the bottom I3 of the holder and will slide along the inner face until the pin aligns with the slot 2l! whereupon the pin will spring outwardly into the slot thus preventing accidental outward movement of the type holder.

When the holder` is moved inwardly the pin willl move along the slot until the portion 32 of the pin is aligned with the recess 22 whereupon the spring will move upwardly, causing the por- I tion 3| to enter the recess 22 `to hold the type member in retracted type securing position.

My invention is used with type which include a body 40 and a transverse groove il which ts the'rib 30. character i2 thereon.

In placing the type members in the holder the member is depressed and the type holder is moved outwardly. The proper type are then inserted with the slots Ill fitting the rib 353. After the type are assembled the holder is moved into the chamber until the pin is pushed into the hole by the spring 35 whereupon the parts become assembled. y

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have invented a novel marking device which is made of a minimum number of parts, is of simple construction, readily assembled The type member has a suitable chamber, said type holding member having a hole a pin slidable in said hole, and means normally urging the pin upwardly in the hole, said body having an elongated slot positioned to receive said pin, said body having an inwardly open recess, said recess being of a size to receive a portion of the pin, the total length of the pin being no greater than the depth of said hole whereby the pin may be depressed inwardly so that its outer end is below the inner face of the top of the handle chamber to permit assembly and disassembly, said pin'being slidable in said s101-l to permit said type holding member to be moved so that the type may be inserted, said type holding memlber having a type receiving` pocket therein.

2. In a marking device, a body memberfincluding a handle portion having a chamber therein,`a type holding member, means to Ymount said type holding member for sliding movement in the chamber, said type holding member having a hole extending downwardly from the upper surface and a pin including a body slidable in said hole, said pin having areduced outer end portion, a'nd means normally urging the pin upwardly in the hole, said body'having an elongated slot positioned to receive the reduced portion of the pin, said body having an inwardly open recess, said recess being of a size to receive the body of the pin, the total length of said pin being no greater than the depth of said hole whereby the pin may be depressed inwardly so that its outer end is below the inner` face of the top of the handle chamber to permit assembly and disassembly, the reduced end of said pin being slidable in said slot to permit said type holding member to be moved so that type may be inserted, the enlarged portion of said pin being movable into said recess to releasably hold the type holding member in retracted position, said type holding member having a type receiving pocket therein.

3. In a marking device, a body member including a handle portion having a chamber therein,

said chamber having an open end, a type holding member slidable into the open end of the chamber, said type holding member having a cylindrical hole extending downwardly from the upper surface thereof, a pin slidable in said hole, said pin having a reduced cylindrical upper end portion, means normally urging the-pin upwardly in the hole, said body having an elongated, round ended slot positioned to 'receive the reduced portion of the pin, said slot having closed ends, said body, at the top of said chamber, having a cylindrical inwardly open recess located adjacent to the inner end of said slot, said recess being of a size to receive the body of the pin, the total length of said pin being no greater than the depth of said hole whereby the pin may be depressed inwardly so that its outer end is below the inner race ofthe top of the handle chamber to permit assembly and disassembly, the reduced end of said pin being slidable in said slot to permit said type holding member to be moved to permit type to be inserted and to be secured, the enlarged portion of said pin being movable into said recess to hold the type holdingmember retracted, said type holding member having a type receiving pocket therein. Y

4. In a marking device, `a body member including a handle portion having achamber therein, a type holding member, means to mount said `type holding member for sliding movement in the chamber, said type holding member having a hole extending downwardly from the upper surface, a pin including a body slidable in said hole, said pin having a reduced upper end portion, and means normally urging the pin upwardly in the hole, said body having an elongated slot positioned, to receive the reduced portion of the pin, said body, in the inner upper wall of said chamber, having an inwardly` open and outwardly closed recess located adjacent to the inner end of said slot, said recess being of a size to receive the body of the pin, the total length of said pin being no greater than the depth oi said hole whereby the pin may be depressed inwardly so that its ,outer end is below the inner face of the top of the handle chamber to permit assembly and disassembly, the reduced end of said pin being slidable in said slot to permit said type holding member to be moved so that type may be inserted, the enlarged portion of said pin being movable into said recess to releasably hold the type holding member in retracted position, said type holding member having a type receiving pocket there- 5. In a marking device, a body member includ.. ing a handle portion having a chamber therein, a type holding member, means to mount said type holding member for sliding movement in the chamber, said type holding member having a cylindrical hole extending downwardly from the upper surface and terminating short of the lower surface thereof, a cylindrical pin including a body. slidable in said hole, said pin having a reduced.

cylindrical upper end portion, and means normally urging the pin upwardly in the hole, said body having an elongated slot positioned to receive the reduced portion of the pin, said body,

in the inner upper wall of said chamber, having a cylindrical inwardly open and outwardly closed recess located at the inner end of said slot, said recess being` of a size to receive the body of the pin, the total length of said pin being no greater than the depth of said hole whereby the pin may be depressed inwardly so that its outer end is below the inner face of the top of the handle chamber to permit assembly and disassembly, the reduced end of said pin being slidable in said slot to permit said type holding member to be moved so that type may be inserted, the enlarged portion of said pin being movable into said recess to releasably hold the type holding member in retracted position, said type holding member having an opened pocket therein, said pocket being deiined by a bottom wall, an inner end wall, and

' side walls, said bottom wall having a transverse rib thereon.

6. In a marking device, a body member including a handle portion having a chamber therein, said chamber having ka closed top, an open bottom and an open outer end, said body member having a groove along each side of the chamber, a type holding member having beads tting said grooves and slidable into the open end of the chamber, said type holding member having a, cy-

of said slot and coaxial with the end of and intersecting the slot, said recess being of a size to receive the body of the pin, the total length of said pin being no greater than the depth of said hole whereby the pin may be depressed inwardly 5 so that its outer end is below the inner face of the top of the handle chamber to permit assembly and disassembly, the reduced end of said pin being slidable lin said slot to permit said type holding member to be moved sol that type may 10A therein.

SAMUEL A. HAMNE'IT. 

